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Script triggers are a straightforward concept, but there's a lot of detail to learn for each one. This post will break this detail down in several different ways with the intent to organize the information so that it can be learned and absorbed more easily and effectively.
A Historical View
FileMaker 7 and earlier
Total number of triggers: 2 (OnFileOpen and OnFileClose)
These were renamed to OnFirstWindowOpen and OnFirstWindowClose in FileMaker 12
FileMaker 10
Total number of triggers: 15
Thirteen new triggers
One of the new triggers is...

Manual Entry of Test Data Discourages Testing
When testing the functionality of a solution, software developers frequently have to create test records, which requires them to enter in test data. If the fields requiring a value include a name field, I'm...

In FileMaker, container fields are super handy. Combined with some database structure, they make it easy to associate multiple stored files with a single record. Even better, container fields are supported in WebDirect.
The Use Case
Say you have several container fields...

Summary
The introduction of FileMaker 13 gave us a tremendous amount of new user interface functionality. One example of this is the venerable Hamburger Menu (a.k.a: Sidebar, a.k.a: Drawer.) Regardless of how you feel about this widget, this example is meant...

Generating a PDF file and storing it in a container field seems straightforward enough, but if you are using FileMaker Go, you'll want to keep the following in mind:
When the PDF is created, it needs to be temporarily stored on...